TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2008//
TI  - Problem drinking among university students in Malawi
JO  - Collegium antropologicum
A1  - Zverev, Yuriy
SP  - 27
EP  - 31
VL  - 32
IS  - 1
N2  - A survey of 787 University of Malawi students (481 males and 306 females) using the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) indicated that about 72% of responders (78% of males and 63% of females) drink alcohol. The mean AUDIT score was 3.4+/-5.3 for females and 13.2+/-8.9 for males. Some 54.1% of males and 16.5% of females had the AUDIT score above the threshold level of 8.0, which corresponded with high mean values of alcohol consumption per week (222.8+/-162.7 g of pure ethanol for males and 100.3+/-98.3 g for females). In addition, about 74.4 % of male students and 27.3% of females reported episodes of heavy drinking. The findings stressed the need for developing of alcohol control policies in the University of Malawi and in the country as a whole.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0350-6134
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -